A  BRIEF  HISTORICAL 
SKETCH 


By 

NORMAN  H.  CAMP 

V 


UNIVERSITY  OP  ILUNOIS 

AUG  2  6  1915 

PRESIDENT'S  OFFICE 


“My  school  work,  will  not  tell  much  until 
the  century  closes,  but  when  I  am  gone,  I 
shall  leave  some  grand  men  and  women 
behind.  **  — D.  L.  Moody. 


D.  L.  MOODY 


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A  Brief  Historical  Sketch 


H.  1J.  Crowell,  President 


of 

The  Moody  Bible  Institute 
of  Chicago 

By  Norman  H.  Camp 

Many  have  heard  of  The  Moody 
Bible  Institute  of  Chicago,  who 
would  like  to  know  more  of  its  his¬ 
tory;  while  others  who  have  not 
heard  about  it  will  be  interested  in 
this  brief  historical  sketch. 


The  Origin 

It  had  its  beginning  shortly  after  the  world-wide 
Evangelistic  tours  of  Moody  and  Sankey.  At  that  time 
Mr.  Moody  realized  how  few  church  members  were  able 
to  use  their  Bibles  in  directing  a  person  in  the  way  of 
salvation.  One  day  he  was  seen  standing  on  a  vacant  lot, 
near  Chicago  Avenue,  hat  in  hand  and  head  bowed, 
praying  that  God  would  give  him  that  ground  for  a  Bible 
Training  School.  Later  in  an  address  delivered  in  Chi¬ 
cago,  January  22,  1886,  on  “City  Evangelism,’'  he  spoke 
of  his  conviction  and  the  need  of  the  multitudes  not 
reached  by  the  Gospel. 

When  he  advanced  the  proposition  of  establishing  a 
school  for  the  instruction  of  men  and  women  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  Bible,  and  in  the  methods  of  Christian 
work  which  he  had  found  so  successful,  especially  in 
soul-winning,  Mr.  Cyrus  H.  McCormick,  the  reaper  king, 
at  once  approved  of  the  plan  and  gave  his  check  for 
$10,000.00  to  promote  it.  Subsequently  he  was  joined 
by  John  V.  Farwell,  Elbridge  G.  Keith,  Robert  Scott,  E. 
K.  Warren  and  others,  who  contributed  to  a  fund  of 
$250,000.00  for  the  foundation  of  the  work.  The  Chi¬ 
cago  Evangelization  Society  was  then  organized,  which 
upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Moody  in  December,  1899,  had 


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its  corporate  name  changed  to  The  Moody  Bible  Insti¬ 
tute  of  Chicago,  in  honor  of  its  founder. 

Beginning  the  Work 
The  school  opened  in  Farwell 
Hall  on  Madison  Street,  well  re¬ 
membered  by  Chicagoans  of  that 
period,  and  Mr.  Moody  being  the 
only  teacher  for  a  time,  gave  the 
first  series  of  Bible  lectures.  The 
attendance  was  small,  but  almost 
immediately  preparations  were 
made  for  the  erection  of  a  three- 
story  brick  building  for  offices,  lec¬ 
ture  room  and  dormitories  for  men 
at  153-163  Institute  Place,  on  the 
spot  which  was  the  scene  of  Mr.  Moody's  prayer  a  few 
months  before.  This  site  is  located  on  the  north  side  of 
the  city,  very  near  the  center,  and  adjacent  to  LaSalle 
and  Chicago  Avenues,  a  few  feet  from  the  place  where 
The  Moody  Church  now  stands. 

This  building  was  formally  opened  September  26th, 
1889,  and  Rev.  R.  A.  Torrey,  then  a  pastor  in  Minneap¬ 
olis,  but  already  well  known  as  a  consecrated  Christian, 
an  able  Bible  teacher  and  earnest  mission-worker,  be¬ 
came  the  Superintendent  of  the  school.  The  attendance 
soon  increased  until  the  building  had  to  be  enlarged  to 
five  stories,  and  other  property  purchased  on  LaSalle 
Avenue  as  a  dormitory  for  the  women  students. 

The  main  building  on  Institute  Place  continues  to  be 
used  as  a  men's  dormitory  and  for  the  lecture  hall, 
library,  and  business  offices,  where  the  principal  work  of 
the  Institute  has  been  carried  on  for  more  than  twenty- 
five  years,  but  which  for  the  past  six  years  has  been 
quite  inadequate  for  the  purpose. 

Widening  the  Borders 

In  addition  to  the  day  department,  whose  students 
attend  the  regular  classes,  an  extension  department  was 
instituted  in  1897  to  stimulate  Bible  Study  and  Christian 
Service  among  those  not  able  to  come  to  Chicago.  By 

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James  M.  Gray,  D.  D.,  Dean 


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Institute  Buildings, 


weekly  Bible  classes,  Bible  conferences,  Summer  In¬ 
stitutes,  Evangelistic  meetings,  Missionary  rallies  and 
Music  classes,  the  Institute  has  thus 
been  able  to  carry  the  Gospel  in  one 
way  or  another  to  tens  of  thousands 
who  never  could  have  become  regu¬ 
lar  students. 

This  department  also  undertakes 
to  fill  calls  for  teachers,  evangelists, 
pastors  and  Christian  workers  of  al¬ 
most  every  kind.  It  endeavors,  in 
other  words,  to  be  a  connecting  link 
between  the  work  on  different  fields 
and  the  workers  in  preparation,  or 
who  have  just  completed  their  course 
in  training.  Five  hundred  eighty- 
two  calls  for  such  helpers  were  received  last  year  (1913), 
and  they  were  supplied  so  far  as  there  were  students 
capable  of  accepting  the  work. 

In  Chicago  it  has  conducted  for  the  past  several  years 


H.  W.  Pope, 
Superintendent  of  Men 


Student’s  Room — Men's  Dormitory 
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a  weekly  Union  Bible  Class  where  it  has  not  been  an 
unusual  thing  to  see  1,500  or  more  people  present,  repre¬ 
senting  sometimes  over  300  churches. 
During  the  past  year  requests  have 
been  received  for  co-operation  for 
similar  classes  in  other  sections  of 
the  city. 

Noonday  meetings  are  also  con¬ 
ducted  from  time  to  time  in  the 
down  town  theaters  for  the  benefit 
of  business  men  and  clerks,  while  in 
the  summer,  by  means  of  tents,  gos¬ 
pel  auto  wagons,  etc.,  large  numbers 
of  the  masses  are  reached. 

Correspondence  Department 

In  1901  a  correspondence  department  was  added,  for 
the  advantage  of  men  and  women  desiring  to  take  a 
systematic  course  in  the  Bible  and  practical  Christian 
work,  but  who  are  unable  to  attend  the  Institute.  The 


Charlotte  A.  Cary, 
Superintendent  of  Women 


Student's  Room — Women's  Building 
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work  is  carried  on  by  mail,  and  certificates  are  granted 
according  to  the  progress  made. 

Six  courses  are  offered  students 
in  this  department,  viz.,  Synthetic 
Bible  Study,  Bible  Doctrine,  Practical 
Christian  Work,  Bible  Chapter  Sum¬ 
mary,  The  Introductory  Bible  Course, 
and  the  Scofield  Correspondence 
Course.  Since  its  inauguration, 
2,288  students  have  been  enrolled, 
residing  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States,  in  Canada,  England,  Africa, 
China,  New  Zealand,  India,  Korea, 
Norway,  Australia,  Panama,  Dutch 
wiiiiam  Evans,  d.  D„  Guiana,  Alaska,  and  other  foreign 
Director  Bible  course  countries.  The  enrolment  for  the 
current  year  exceeds  900,  which  is 
more  than  double  that  of  the  preceding  year,  which  was 
the  largest  enrolment  to  that  date. 

The  Evening  Classes 

Still  another  much  felt  need  was  met  when  the  Even¬ 
ing  Classes  were  added  to  the  work  in  1903.  Young 


The  Lecture  Room  Filled  With  Students. 
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men  and  women,  superintendents  and  teachers  in  Sunday 
schools  and  other  Christian  workers,  or  those  desiring 
to  become  such  but  who  are  em¬ 
ployed  during  the  day  in  the  shops 
and  stores  of  the  city,  are  enabled  by 
this  department  to  devote  their  even¬ 
ings  to  securing  a  training  parallel 
to  that  of  the  day  department. 

Some  who  look  forward  to  the 
regular  department  when  circum¬ 
stances  permit,  find  it  profitable  to 
take  the  evening  courses  by  way  of 
preparation,  for  although  the  same 
courses  of  study  are  given  in  the 
D'  BrertrMus“ucouSe  evening  as  in  the  day,  it  requires  a 
year  longer  to  complete  it.  At  this 
date  (1915)  2,448  men  and  women  have  been  enrolled 
in  this  department  of  whom  some  have  become  pastors 


The  Hall — Women's  Building 


in  the  Home  Mission  Fields,  some  have  gone  into  For¬ 
eign  Missionary  work,  while  others  are  occupying  useful 
positions  in  their  home  churches  and 
other  religious  organizations  of  their 
localities. 

The  Sunday  School  Course 

The  demand  for  Christian  young 
men  and  women  who  shall  make  Sun¬ 
day-school  work  their  life  calling  has 
necessitated  the  introduction  of  a  sys¬ 
tematic  course  to  meet  their  needs.  In 
addition  to  instruction  in  the  Bible, 

wm.  w.  Ketchum,  Di-  Missions  and  Evangelism,  this  course 
rector  Pracdcai  work  includes  such  subjects  as  pedagogy, 

7  psychology,  the  history  and  develop¬ 

ment  of  the  Sunday  School  and  Sunday-school  manage¬ 
ment  and  administration. 


A  Mission  Study  Class  in  the  Gymnasium 


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The  Printed  Page 

A  Colportage  Association,  an  adjunct  of  the  Institute, 
was  organized  by  Mr.  Moody  as  a  separate  corporation 
in  1894,  under  the  name  of  The 
Bible  Institute  Colportage  Associa¬ 
tion.  Its  aim  is  the  publication  and 
distribution  of  books,  tracts  and 
other  helpful  religious  literature,  to 
counteract  the  tide  of  pernicious 
reading  matter  flooding  the  country. 

More  than  6,008,000  of  the 
Moody  Colportage  Library  books 
alone  have  been  published  by  this 
Association  and  sent  to  every  quar¬ 
ter  of  the  earth.  These  books  are 
written  by  such  men  as  Moody, 
Spurgeon,  Talmage,  Murray,  Chap¬ 
man,  Torrey,  Dixon  and  Gray,  and  are  not  only  sold  at 
a  very  low  price,  but  also  sent  freely  to  prisons,  hospit¬ 
als,  lumber  and  mining  camps,  to  soldiers  and  sailors  and 


Edward  A.  Marshall,  Direc¬ 
tor  Missionary  Course 


Reading  Room — Men's  Dormitory 
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The  Library 


Evening1  Devotional  Meeting — Women's  Building 


other  Spiritually  neglected  classes,  as  funds;  are  con¬ 
tributed  for  the  purpose. 

. To  date  1,002,002  of  their  various 
publications  have  been  thiis  distrib¬ 
uted  gratuitously,  and  more  than 
2,508,700  Bibles,  Testaments  and 
I  Gospels  have  been  published ;  2,287,- 

000  copies  of  the  Emphasized  Gospel 
of  John  alone  have  been  published. 
j  Several  Colportage  Library  books 

/  have  been  translated  and  printed  in 

^  foreign  languages,  iijduding  such 

as  “The  Way  to  God1/’  by  Moody, 
and  “How  to  Pray,”  by  ToVrey. 


P.  B.  Fitzwater,  D.  D., 
Registrar  and  Sec’y  to 
the  Faculty 


The  Christian  Workers  Magazine 


In  September,  1900,  “The  Insti¬ 
tute  Tie,”  a  monthly  magazine  and 
the  official  organ  of  the  Institute, 
was  first  published.  Its  name  was 
changed  to  “The  Christian  Work¬ 
ers  Magazine”  in  October,  1910. 

It  is  devoted  to  the  promotion  of 
Bible  Study  and  Christian  Work 
generally,  besides  being  the  me¬ 
dium  of  communication  between 
those  at  the  Institute  and  its 
former  students  and  friends  in 
various  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Buildings 

For  several  years  after  the  com¬ 
pletion  of  the  building  at  153-163 
Institute  Place,  known  as  the  Men’s  Building,  students 
were  cared  for  in  adjacent  buildings,  some  of 
which  were  purchased  for  that  purpose.  Chief  among 
these  were  the  Women’s  Buildings  at  812-816  LaSalle 
Ave.,  which  continued  to  serve  as  headquarters  for  the 
Women’s  Department  for  fifteen  years,  and  the  Women’s 
Annex  at  830-838  LaSalle  Ave.  The  next  main  building 


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erected  was  at  152  Institute  Place,  known  as  the  Men's 
Dormitory,  which  was  dedicated  free  of  debt  on  Febru¬ 
ary  5,  1911.  One  year  later,  June  5, 
1912,  was  dedicated  the  Women's 
Building,  which  was  erected  on  the 
site  of  the  Women's  Annex.  This 
is  the  largest  and  best  of  the  In¬ 
stitute  buildings  and  contains  the  din¬ 
ing  rooms,  kitchen  and  refrigerating 
plant.  Within  a  year  it  is  planned  to 
erect  an  Administration  Building  on 
the  site  of  the  former  Women's 
Buildings  at  812-816  LaSalle  Ave. 
This  building  will  contain  the  Li- 
E-  Ven£gr\i?irlstw  brary,  Studios,  Class  Rooms,  Mis¬ 
sionary  Museum,  Colportage  Store 
and  General 
Offices.  The 
heating,  light¬ 
ing  and  pow¬ 
er  plant  was 
installed  in 
1909,  and  the 
steam  laun¬ 
dry  in  1912. 


Portions 
of  the 
Steam 
Laundry. 


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These  two  plants,  a  carpenter,  paint  and  machine  shop  oc¬ 
cupy  the  entire  basement  floor  of  the  Men’s  Building.  Ex¬ 
perience  has  shown  that  the  In¬ 
stitute  can  make  its  own  electricity 
cheaper  than  it  can  be  bought,  be¬ 
sides  the  heat  in  winter  is  really  a 
by-product,  thus  making  for 

greater  economy.  The  laundry 
plant  is  adequate  to  care  for  the 
needs  of  both  the  Institute  and 
the  students,  doing  the  work  of 
the  latter  at  one-half  the  rate 
charged  by  outside  plants. 

The  Results 

The  work  in  each  department  is 
going  on  in  ever  widening  circles. 
When  one  thinks  of  the  large  number  of  men  and  women 
who  have  received  instruction  and  Christian  experience 
at  The  Moody  Bible  Institute  for  the  past  twenty-five 
years,  the  question  as  to  whether  it  pays  answers  itself. 
There  has  been  a  total  enrolment  in  all  departments  of 


12,970  students  as  follows : 

Day  Classes .  7,585 

Evening  Classes .  2,448 

Correspondence  Department .  2,937 

Total  . .12,970 


Besides  this,  there  are  hundreds  of  thousands  reached 
through  the  Extension  Department  and  the  Colportage 
Association.  All  of  these  in  turn  are  touching  others  all 
over  the  world,  over  700  having  gone  out  as  missiona¬ 
ries  to  the  foreign  fields,  so  that  throughout  eternity 
there  will  be  multitudes  praising  God  for  what  He 
accomplished  by  this  instrument. 

Can  any  one  say  that  the  investments  made  by  those 
men  and  women  of  1886  have  not  already  paid  a  hundred 
fold?  Can  any  one  doubt  that  investments  made  now 
for  the  carrying  out  of  this  work  will  not  pay  in  increas¬ 
ing  proportion?  Surely  time  has  demonstrated  that  the 
vision  of  Dwight  L.  Moody  was  inspired  of  God  to  meet 
a  world  need,  and  as  surely  ought  men  and  women  of 

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J.  H.  Kalston,  Secretary  Cor¬ 
respondence  Department 


today  emulate  its  founder  by  enabling  the  Institute  to 
“Launch  out  into  the  deep,  and  let  down  its  net  for  a 
draught.” 

The  Present  Control 

In  all  these  years  the  Institute  has 
never  swerved  from  the  doctrinal 
basis  or  the  governing  purpose  of  its 
founder.  It  still  stands  four-square 
on  the  integrity  of  the  Scriptures  as 
a  divine  revelation,  the  Deity  and 
atonement  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  neces¬ 
sity  of  the  new  birth  and  justifica¬ 
tion  by  faith  only. 

And  it  still  has  for  its  objective  the 
training  of  men  and  women  of  all 
denominations  and  all  lands  in  the 
English  Bible,  gospel  music,  and 
practical  methods  of  Christian  work,  with  special  refer¬ 
ence  to  soul-winning.  Its  students  as  a  class,  wherever 


A.  F.  Gaylord,  Business 
Manager 


Gospel  Autos  and  Workers  in  Front  of  the  Men's  Dormitory 
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you  find  them  on  the  home  or  foreign  field,  are  always 
marked  by  a  knowledge  of  the  scripture,  an  aptness  in 
using  it  and  a  zeal  for  souls. 

The  Men  at  the  Head 
When  in  1899  Mr.  Moody  de¬ 
parted  out  of  this  world  to  the 
Father,  and  when  a  little  later  the 
honored  Superintendent,  Dr.  Torrey, 
felt  called  into  world-wide  evangelis¬ 
tic  work,  the  board  of  trustees 
planned  to  conserve  and  broaden  the 
energies  of  the  Institute  by  placing 
them  in  control  of  an  executive  com¬ 
mittee.  This  committee  consists  of 
Henry  P.  Crowell,  an  active  and  con- 
c.  b.  Noriin,  cashier  secrated  layman,  who,  exerts  a  wide 
influence  in  the  business  world  as 
well  as  the  church  to  which  he  belongs;  E.  K.  Warren, 
president  of  the  Warren  Featherbone  Co.,  and  the 


A  Noon -Day  Gospel  Meeting 
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World's  Fourth  Sunday-school  Convention;  and  James 
M.  Gray,  D.  D.,  teacher,  preacher  and  author,  and  of 
mature  experience  in  the  training  of  students  and  in  the 

conduct  of 
Christian 
work.  Dr.  Gray 
is  also  dean  of 
the  Education¬ 
al  Department 
and  one  of  the 
instructors. 


Corners  of  the 
Central  Heating, 
Lighting  and 
Power  Plant. 


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Faculty  and  Business  Staff 

Associated  with  Dean  Gray  in  the  Educational  De¬ 
partment,  are  Howard  W.  Pope, 
Superintendent  of  Men ;  Charlotte  A. 
Cary,  Superintendent  of  Women; 
William  Evans,  Director  of  the  Bible 
Course;  D.  B.  Towner,  Director  of 
the  Music  Course;  Wm.  Wallace 
Ketchum,  Director  of  the  Practical 
Work  Course;  E.  O.  Sellers,  Direct¬ 
or  of  the  Evening  Department,  and 
Edward  A.  Marshall,  Director  of  the 
Missionary  Course.  There  is  also  a 
Business  Staff,  consisting  of  the 
Dean,  the  Business  Manager,  A.  F. 
Gaylord ;  the  secretary  of  the  Cor¬ 
respondence  department,  J.  H.  Ralston ;  the  Publishing 
Agent  of  The  Christian  Workers  Magazine,  Stephen 
A.  Woodruff,  and  the  heads  of  the  Purchasing  and  the 
Accounting  departments,  Julius  Haavind  and  C.  B. 
Norlin.  These  meet  monthly  with  a  representative 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  to  conduct  the  business  of 
the  plant. 

Besides  these  the  working  force  of  the  Institute  in¬ 
cludes  a  goodly  number  of  teachers  for  the  day  and  even- 


Julius  Haavind,  Steward 
and  Purchasing  Agent 


View  Looking  East — Lake  Michigan  in  the  Distance 

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in g  classes,  evangelistic  preachers  and  singers  and  Bible 
teachers,  who  from  time  to  time  are  sent  out  in  the  ex¬ 
tension  work,  and  special  lectures 
who  are  brought  in  to  supplement 
the  work  in  the  class-rooms. 

With  the  commendatory  words  of 
one  or  two  of  these  lecturers  and 
other  friends,  this  brief  sketch  may 
be  fittingly  concluded;  but  not  with¬ 
out  the  prayer  that  God  will  bless 
it  to  the  raising  up  of  many  helpers 
for  an  evangelical  and  evangelistic 
work  of  such  strategic  importance  in 
these  days  as  The  Moody  Bible  In¬ 
stitute  of  Chicago. 

Weighty  Words  of  Commendation 

“The  Moody  Bible  Institute  of  Chicago  most  fully 
embodies  the  spirit  and  aims  of  the  noted  Evangelist. 

The  first  thing  that  strikes  one  at  the  Institute  is  the 
immense  proportions  of  the  work,  of  which  the  outside 
world  has  only  the  slightest  conception. 

A  second  thing,  everywhere  apparent,  is  the  supreme 
place  given  the  Bible  as  God’s  inspired  Word.  There  is 
nothing  to  be  heard  of  the  crude  and  ignorant  exegesis 
and  exposition,  claiming  to  be  half-inspired,  that  is  in 
vogue  in  some  so-called  Bible  schools ;  and  nothing  of  the 
discredited  history  and  perverse  interpretation  exploited 
in  some  of  the  theological  schools  in  the  name  of  high 
scholarship. 

A  third  thing  that  impressed  us,  is  that  the  Institute 
has  not  lost  the  Evangelistic  note  that  Mr.  Moody  gave 
it.” — D.  S.  Gregory,  D.  D.  LL.  D.,  Editor  of  the  Bible 
Student  and  Teacher. 


“I  wish  to  express  my  deepening  interest  in  the  work 
of  The  Moody  Bible  Institute,  an  interest  which  in¬ 
creases  the  more  I  know  about  it.  The  Institute  is  doing 
a  work  of  the  deepest  importance  in  the  sphere  of  reli¬ 
gious  experience.  Others  may  be  raising  questions  as  to 
how  and  where  we  got  our  Bible  and  some  may  be  seek¬ 
ing  to  reply  to  them.  Blessed  be  God,  there  is  one  place 

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Stephen  A.  Woodruff,  Pub¬ 
lishing  Agent,  Christian 
Workers  Magazine 


where  they  read  the  Bible  as  the  Word  of  God,  and 
whose  students,  having  first  ascertained  its  contents,  go 
forth  doing  their  best  to  convey  them 
to  other  men !  May  it  live  and  pros¬ 
per!’’ — From  an  address  by  Presi¬ 
dent  Francis  L.  Patten,  D.  D.,  LL. 
D.,  of  Princeton  Seminary . 


William  Norton,  Manager 
Colportage  Association 


‘There  is  a  work  in  Chicago  that 
is  being  used  of  God  in  a  marvelous 
way  to  answer  this  cry  for  help  by 
carrying  the  fulness  of  the  salvation 
that  is  in  Christ  to  lives  throughout 
the  world.  It  was  founded  by  God’s 
man,  D.  L.  Moody,  and  it  bears  his 
name  as  The  Moody  Bible  Institute. 
Its  mission  is  to  train  workers  into  such  a  knowledge  of 
the  Word  of  God  and  of  approved  methods  of  Christian 
service,  while  bringing  them  into  such  an  appropriation 
of  Christ  as  their  fully  sufficient  and  victorious  Saviour, 
that  they  may  go  out  into  the  world  and  obey  with  power 
the  Great  Commissions.  They  are  doing  it.  Few  if  any 
institutions  in  the  world  to-day  stand  more  blessedly  and 
fruitfully  for  the  inspiration  and  integrity  of  the  Scrip- 

tures,  the 
sufficiency  of 
Christ  as  the 
only  Saviour, 
and  the  prac¬ 
tical  training 
o  f  workers 
for  the  carry- 
i  n  g  of  the 
Good  N  e  w  s 
out  into  the 
needy  life  of 
a  needy 
world,  than 
does  The 

Mr.  Moody's  Room  M^OOdy  Bible 


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Institute.” — Chas.  G.  Trumbull,  Editor  of  The  Sunday 
School  Times. 


“If  I  had  my  choice  of  a  school  in  which  to  pursue 
Bible  study  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  I  would  un¬ 
hesitatingly  choose  The  Moody  Bible  Institute.  The 
Bible  teaching  and  the  all-round  training  for  Christian 
work  in  that  school  is  just  what  the  preacher  needs.  The 
“Moody  men”  who  come  back  to  us  for  service  in  the 
ministry  always  bear  a  distinctive  character  of  efficiency, 
and  they  know  what  to  do  with  the  old  Book.” — Bishop 
H.  B.  Hartzler,  Editor ,  “The  Evangelical ”  Harrisburg , 
Pa. 


“The  work  is  not  undenominational,  but  rather  it  is 
interdenominational.  It  is  not  antagonistic  to  the  work 
of  the  church,  but  its  servant.  It  is  not  entering 
into  competition  with  theological  seminaries,  but  is 
complementary.  It  is  equipping  men  and  women  for 
special  and  specific  work,  which,  if  the  general  ministry 
of  this  country  understood  aright,  they  would  always  be 
endeavoring  to  avail  themselves  of  the  workers  that  are 
trained  here.” — G.  Campbell  Morgan,  D.  D.,  London. 


PLAN  OF  OPERATION 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

Henry  P.  Crowell,  E.  K.  Warren 

President  Vice-Pres. 

James  M.  Gray,  Executive  Secretary 
A.  P.  Fitt  Thomas  S.  Smith 

McKenzie  Cleland  Frederick  A.  Wells 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

Henry  P.  Crowell  James  M.  Gray  E.  K.  Warren 

- O  - - 

EDUCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT 

James  M.  Gray,  Dean  L.  W.  Gosnell,  Assistant  to  the  Dean 
P.  B.  Fitzwater,  Secretary 

superintendent  of  men 
Howard  W.  Pope 

ASSISTANT  SUPERINTENDENT 

B.  B.  Sutcliffe 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  WOMEN 

Charlotte  A.  Cary 
Harriett  M.  Strong,  General  Secretary 

BIBLE  COURSE 

William  Evans,  Director 

James  M.  Gray  Edward  A.  Marshall  P.  B.  Fitzwater 
L.  W.  Gosnell  Howard  W.  Pope  E.  O.  Sellers 

Special  Instructors — Not  Members  of  the  Faculty 

Prof.  A.  E.  Phillips  Mrs.  E.  A.  Marshall 

Melvin  E.  Trotter  Harry  Monroe 

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MUSIC  COURSE 


D.  B.  Towner,  Director 

Warren  C.  Coffin  George  S.  Schuler 

John  B.  Trowbridge  Foss  L.  Fellers 

Homer  A.  Hammontree 

Special  Instructors — Not  Members  of  the  Faculty 

Harrison  M.  Wild  Frank  B.  Webster 


PRACTICAL  WORK  COURSE 

Wm.  Wallace  Ketchum,  Director 
Chas.  P.  Meeker  Edna  Johnson  Harriet  M.  Strong 

Special  Instructors — Not  Members  of  the  Faculty 

Mrs.  Dora  Eaton  Duff 

MISSIONARY  COURSE 

Edward  A.  Marshall,  Director 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  COURSE 

E.  O.  Sellers,  Acting  Director 
James  M.  Gray  P.  B.  Fitzwater  D.  B.  Towner 

William  Evans  E.  A.  Marshall  H.  A.  Hammontree 

Special  Instructors — Not  Members  of  the  Faculty. 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Marshall  Prof.  A.  E.  Phillips 


ENGLISH  COURSE 

Hanna  May  Thomas,  Instructor 

EVENING  CLASSES 

E.  O.  Sellers,  Director 

L.  W.  Gosnell  J.  H.  Ralston  J.  B.  Trowbridge 

P.  B.  Fitzwater  E.  A.  Marshall  George  S.  Schuler 

LIBRARIAN 

Edward  A.  Marshall 
Mabel  Sprague,  Assistant 
- O  - 

EXTENSION  DEPARTMENT 
William  W.  Ketchum,  Acting  Secretary 
Charles  P.  Meeker,  Evangelist 
George  E.  Guille,  Bible  Teacher  and  Evangelist 
John  C.  Page,  Bible  Teacher  and  Evangelist 
Angy  Manning  Taylor,  Bible  Teacher 
E.  Stafford  Millar,  Evangelist 
Frances  Cox  Allison,  Bible  Teacher 
B.  B.  Sutcliffe,  Bible  Teacher 


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CORRESPONDENCE  DEPARTMENT 
J.  H.  Ralston,  Secretary 
Ella  E.  Pohle,  Assistant 

- O - 

THE  CHRISTIAN  WORKERS  MAGAZINE 
James  M.  Gray,  Editor  J.  H.  Ralston,  Associate  Editor 

S.  A.  Woodruff,  Publishing  Agent 

- O  - 

FINANCIAL  DEPARTMENT 
A.  F.  Gaylord,  Business  Manager 

REPRESENTATIVES  IN  THE  FIELD. 

P.  Webster  Campbell  Geo.  A.  Shipp 
W.  A.  Hillis  J.  Charleton  Steen 


- - o  — - 

PURCHASING  DEPARTMENT 
Julius  Haavind,  Steward  and  Purchasing  Agent 

- - o - 

ACCOUNTING  DEPARTMENT 
C.  B.  Norlin,  Cashier 


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BALANCE  SHEET,  AUGUST  31,  1914. 


ASSETS 


Real  estate  and  buildings .  $610,431.54 

Furniture  and  fixtures .  65,574.21 

Investments,  stocks,  bonds,  notes  and  mort¬ 
gages  .  380,348.08 

Accounts  receivable  .  5,078.69 

Bills  receivable .  7,003.57 

Inventory  .  6,373.42 

Other  assets  .  11,664.93 


Cash — 

Students’  deposits  and  spe¬ 


cial  funds . $13,270.40 

Working  fund .  6,597.62  19,868.02 


$1,106,343.36 


LIABILITIES 


Endowments,  annuities,  bequests  and 

scholarships  . . $ 

Bills  payable  . 

Accounts  payable  . 

New  building  fund . 

Special  funds  . 

Other  liabilities  . . 

Surplus  . 


427,552.80 

80,115.96 

10,633.26 

3,156.26 

8,969.76 

2,596.43 

573,318.89 


auditor’s  report 


$1,106,343.36 


Ernst  &  Ernst,  certified  public  accountants,  First  Na¬ 
tional  Bank  Building,  Chicago,  have  examined  the  books 
of  account  and  records  of  The  Moody  Bible  Institute  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  August  31,  1914.  They  have  also 
submitted  a  balance  sheet,  showing  the  condition  on  that 
date,  and  a  detailed  report  on  the  work  with  schedules 
attached.  These  schedules  are  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
Institute  and  open  to  inspection. 


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Legal  Form  of  Bequest 

“I  hereby  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  The  Moody 
Bible  Institute  of  Chicago,  a  corporation  organized  and 
existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  the  sum 

of . dollars,  to  be  paid  out  of 

any  real  or  personal  estate  owned  by  me  at  my  decease/' 

Legal  Form  of  Scholarship 

“For  the  purpose  of  founding  a  scholarship,  I  hereby 
give  to  The  Moody  Bible  Institute  of  Chicago  the  sum  of 
three  thousand  dollars,  to  be  held  in  trust,  the  income  to 
be  applied  annually  by  the  trustees  towards  the  average 
expense  of  the  tuition  and  training  of  a  student." 

An  Annuity  Plan 

The  Annuity  plan  is  meeting  favor  as  a  substitute  for 
leaving  money  by  will.  The  Institute  will  therefore  re¬ 
ceive  money  in  any  amount,  and  pay  an  annual  interest 
on  it,  ranging  from  5  to  10  per  cent  according  to  the  age 
of  the  investor,  and  to  continue  during  life.  The  ad¬ 
vantages  of  this  plan  are  not  only  that  the  annuitant  re¬ 
ceives  an  income  for  life,  but  is  his  own  executor  and  has 
the  satisfaction  of  seeing  his  money  applied  in  a  way  of 
his  own  choosing. 

Moreover,  the  security  is  perfectly  safe.  The  Insti¬ 
tute  is  an  incorporated  body,  possessing  a  large  and  in¬ 
creasingly  valuable  property,  whose  trustees  are  well- 
known  and  of  established  Christian  character.  Besides, 
its  books  are  open  for  inspection  to  all  who  have  a  right 
to  examine  them. 

For  further  information  on  any  of  these  matters,  ad¬ 
dress, 

THE  MOODY  BIBLE  INSTITUTE, 

153-163  Institute  Place,  Chicago,  Ill. 


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Study  to  show  thyself  approved 
unto  God,  a  workman  that  n^eedeth 
not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing 
the  Word  of  truth. 

—2  ®imot4a  2:15 


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